[LRUG] Agile and User centred design

[Roland Swingler]

There is a (semi) well known debate between Alan Cooper and Kent Beck
on this very subject - although unfortunately they didn't come to any
agreement so there may be little hope for the rest of us. It currently
seems to be offline, the link to it is in this blog post from 37
signals, who seem to consider 'Getting Real' as a way of bridging the
gap.:

http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/extreme_programming_vs_interaction_design.php

Cheers,
Roland

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Beaton, Malcolm
<Malcolm.Beaton at conchango.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all
> Quick post from a long term lurker - I know this is fairly off topic but
> was wondering if anyone can help shed some light on an ongoing problem I
> have.
>
> Now RoR is a fairly agile development environment and I would argue the
> first and still the best.
> I have had experience with a consultancy where the user experience team
> seem to have serious problems with agile full stop and they say a great
> many thing like it stifles creativity etc.
>
> As an ex graphic designer/ Advertising designer myself I find this
> confusing - I remember design always being deadline driven - But maybe
> this has changed and I missed it?
>
> Anyway - There sounds like there are a lot of contributors/lurkers from
> the BBC who hopefully have experience of this and I am wondering if -
> Anyone else has encountered this resistance to agile from their
> designers/User experience people
> If they did how did they get around it or more importantly how if at all
> did they manage to get their creative teams on board with agile.
>
> I personally feel - Design is iterative, Agile is iterative so there
> really shouldn't be a problem? But it seems some disagree and I cant see
> how to bring them round?
>
> Any input despite the off topic nature greatly appreciated
> Malcolm
>
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